This is an analysis of the poem Your Looks Have Touched My Soul that begins with:

Your looks have touched my soul with bright
Ineffable emotion; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaaab cdcccd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 0100010 11110101 10010101 01110101 0101010 100010111 110111 11010111 11010101 11111111 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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